Trustees

Stroud Valleys Project has a voluntary Board of Trustees who oversee the management and development of the charity. They come from diverse backgrounds,

Trustees and staff braved torrential rain to conduct a tour of all of our sites. Chair of Trustees, Leonora Rozee said, "Despite the weather it was a great day. It is so valuable to be able to see firsthand all the wonderful work we are doing on our sites, all the habitat creation and management of sites. This display board at Holywell Orchard in Cam, Dursley is a particularly beautiful example of sensitive interpretation that helps people appreciate what an asset these small pockets of green space are."

Leonora Rozee OBE; Chair of SVP Trustees - former Deputy Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate Agency for England and Wales. Past President of Town and Country Planning School educational charity and founder member of Stroud Futures.

Geoffrey Beckerleg; an architect, involved with the work of the Stroud Preservation Trust.

Natalie Beswetherick OBE;currently Director of Practice & Development at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Previously worked in the NHS for 30 years. and has lived in the Stroud area for 26 years.

Nigel Cooper; retired Chartered Accountant and businessman, currently District Councillor for Painswick and Upton ward and formerly served as cabinet member for both Environment and for Finance on Stroud District Council.

Kate Love; a senior university fundraiser and corporate communicator who lives locally.

Nicki Schmiegelow; qualifiedas a chartered accountant in Canada, but has been living in the UK for 25 years. She moved to the Stroud area 5 years agao and has a particular interest in preserving the native environment.

Peter Seccombe; Director of Red Kite Environment, with broad experience of countryside management and the development of environmental organisations and initiatives.

Peter Seccombe brought a team along to the 2014 SVP Bike Ride

Our Volunteers Say

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I've found the projects inspiring and I've developed skills I didn't know I had, to the extent that I am now able to find employment in new fields.

I will always be grateful to the staff and volunteers at Stroud Valleys Project for their encouragement and warm support.

Being involved with Stroud Valleys Project has been a great experience. I've enjoyed and learnt so much through various courses and volunteer projects I've worked on.

Thank you all at SVP for the help and support you have given me in the last couple of years, which has helped me to get my foot back on the ladder in the world of work.

I loved the course (Veg Growing), it was the highlight of my week

“Often I feel so bad I don’t want to do anything but after coming here, working with my group in the sunshine, I always feel more cheerful. They are my friends now.”

“Volunteering with SVP is the best thing that happened to me in my life.”

“I never thought I would get into gardening and growing stuff, but through all my work with SVP I have learnt to really appreciate nature.”

“We get lots of work done – and we have a laugh!”

“Our group is like pieces from a jigsaw puzzle. Everybody mucks in and does what they can, and the job gets finished in no time.”

“When somebody has a bad day, the others in the team make them feel better.”